Thursday, December 01, 2005

little, yellow, different

The baby looked a little yellow, and since he had a slight case of jaundice before we left the hospital, as a precaution, we took him to the doctor to get checked. Her response? "Well, HE'S ASIAN." Nice.

She also had this to say, "He won't look so yellow if you stop dressing him in yellow clothes." Got it.

Anyway, the jaundice is mild, but still, ew. I hope he gets over it. For now, I gotta go put him in some blue jammies..

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Alison was jaundiced too -- she was real good friends with "Billy Ruben" -- anyway, she was super sluggish and wouldn't eat (which did NOT help the breastfeeding at all!). We took her in to the doctor . . . in a YELLOW onesie. The doctor basically said the same thing as yours!

Hi Jenn - I got the goodies today thank you! My #3 had jaundice so bad he got his blood tested about 5 times in 2 weeks. Not only was he yellow, his skin tone was red for awhile (yellow + red = orange) so he was looking like an Oompa Loompa. It was so bad, I had to convert his first month pics to black and white!